Three members of Islamic Party of Turkestan seized in Moscow

Moscow, November 23, Interfax - The Russian Interior Ministry's department for the suppression of extremism has seized three members of an international terrorist organization in Moscow. The suspects were recruiting militants for terrorist acts in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"The Russian Interior Ministry's department for the suppression of extremism, the Criminal Investigation Department and the traffic police have seized three active members of the terrorist organization Islamic Party of Turkestan," says the department report received by Interfax on Monday.

The detainees, among them the 33-year-old amir of the terrorist organization, were wanted in Tajikistan for terrorism and extremism.

"Materials supplied from Tajikistan prove the involvement of the detainees in the recruitment of militants for terrorism and acts of sabotage in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan," the department said.

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